"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." (Robert Frost). Rhythm and rhyme, similes and metaphors, alliteration and onomatopoeia - delightful literacy devices that serve as exploration points of the form and structure of the genre of poetry.
Novels
Booktalk these novels written in verse.
Aleutian Sparrow - Karen Hesse Ann and Seamus - Kevin Major Crazy Man - Pamela Porter I Am Furniture - Thalia Chaltas Hate That Cat - Sharon Creech Hugging The Earth - Susan Taylor Brown Locomotion - Jacqueline Woodson Love That Cat - Sharon Creech Love That Dog - Sharon Creech
Kaleidoscope Eyes - Jen Bryant Keeping the Night Watch - Hope Anita Smith One of Those Hideous Books Where The Mother Dies - Sonja Sones Out of the Dust - Karen Hesse Sold - Patricia McCormick Shark Girl - Kelly Bingham Witness - Karen Hesse Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? - Mel Glenn
eTools
Acrostic Poems (ReadWriteThink): Online tool that enables students to learn about and write acrostic poems. Elements of the writing process are also included. Diamante Poems (ReadWriteThink): Online tool that enables students to learn about and write diamante poems. Examples, definitions of parts of speech, and elements of the writing process are also included. Eye on Idioms (ReadWriteThink): Students view the literal representations of seven idioms and then examine the metaphorical meanings of the idioms. Line Break Explorer (ReadWriteThink): Interactive tool that explores the ways that poets choose line breaks in their writing. After viewing the demonstration, students are invited to experiment with line breaks themselves. Riddle Interactive (ReadWriteThink): Outlines the characteristics of riddle poems and provides direct instruction on the prewriting and drafting process for writing original riddle poems. Shape Poems (ReadWriteThink): In this online tool, students can write poems about shapes in four different themes: Nature, School, Sports, and Celebrations. Elements of the writing process are also included.
eActivities
Cupcakes:Fill in the puzzle blanks correctly, before Cupcakes eats all the cupcakes. Fridge Magnets: Create poems from a list of words and then print! Fowl Words: Compete with 7 hens to spell as many words as you can. Fowl Words 2: Spell words from hatching eggs before they fall off the conveyor belt Joggle: Find as many words as possible, or at least more than the computer does Letter Rip: Similar to Scabble; create words using lettered tiles on a game board Magnetic Poetry: Create poems by dragging word tiles Poetry Word Search: Word search puzzle Scrambled Word Game: Unscramble the words in this drag-and-drop word game Thesaurus Tangle: Discover the synonyms for the keywords before your time runs out Wordo: Clear the game board by spelling words using lettered tiles
Prose and Poetry
"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." (Robert Frost). Rhythm and rhyme, similes and metaphors, alliteration and onomatopoeia - delightful literacy devices that serve as exploration points of the form and structure of the genre of poetry.Novels
Booktalk these novels written in verse.Aleutian Sparrow - Karen Hesse
Ann and Seamus - Kevin Major
Crazy Man - Pamela Porter
I Am Furniture - Thalia Chaltas
Hate That Cat - Sharon Creech
Hugging The Earth - Susan Taylor Brown
Locomotion - Jacqueline Woodson
Love That Cat - Sharon Creech
Love That Dog - Sharon Creech
Kaleidoscope Eyes - Jen Bryant
Keeping the Night Watch - Hope Anita Smith
One of Those Hideous Books Where The Mother Dies - Sonja Sones
Out of the Dust - Karen Hesse
Sold - Patricia McCormick
Shark Girl - Kelly Bingham
Witness - Karen Hesse
Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? - Mel Glenn
eTools
Acrostic Poems (ReadWriteThink): Online tool that enables students to learn about and write acrostic poems. Elements of the writing process are also included.Diamante Poems (ReadWriteThink): Online tool that enables students to learn about and write diamante poems. Examples, definitions of parts of speech, and elements of the writing process are also included.
Eye on Idioms (ReadWriteThink): Students view the literal representations of seven idioms and then examine the metaphorical meanings of the idioms.
Line Break Explorer (ReadWriteThink): Interactive tool that explores the ways that poets choose line breaks in their writing. After viewing the demonstration, students are invited to experiment with line breaks themselves.
Riddle Interactive (ReadWriteThink): Outlines the characteristics of riddle poems and provides direct instruction on the prewriting and drafting process for writing original riddle poems.
Shape Poems (ReadWriteThink): In this online tool, students can write poems about shapes in four different themes: Nature, School, Sports, and Celebrations. Elements of the writing process are also included.
eActivities
Cupcakes:Fill in the puzzle blanks correctly, before Cupcakes eats all the cupcakes.Fridge Magnets: Create poems from a list of words and then print!
Fowl Words: Compete with 7 hens to spell as many words as you can.
Fowl Words 2: Spell words from hatching eggs before they fall off the conveyor belt
Joggle: Find as many words as possible, or at least more than the computer does
Letter Rip: Similar to Scabble; create words using lettered tiles on a game board
Magnetic Poetry: Create poems by dragging word tiles
Poetry Word Search: Word search puzzle
Scrambled Word Game: Unscramble the words in this drag-and-drop word game
Thesaurus Tangle: Discover the synonyms for the keywords before your time runs out
Wordo: Clear the game board by spelling words using lettered tiles
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